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María Herrera

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María Herrera
Herrera At Donington Park, 2024
NationalitySpanish
Born (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)
Oropesa, Spain
Current teamOpenBank Aspar Team
Bike number6
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto3 World Championship
Active years2013–2017, 2022
ManufacturersKTM, Honda, Husqvarna, Mahindra
Championships0
2022 championship position43rd (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
54 0 0 0 0 17
MotoE World Championship
Active years2019–
ManufacturersEnergica, Ducati
Championships0
2024 championship position16th (43 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
64 0 0 0 0 168
Supersport World Championship
Active years2019–
ManufacturersYamaha, Honda
Championships0
2021 championship position34th (7 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
29 0 0 0 0 14
Women's Circuit Racing World Championship
Active years2024
ManufacturersYamaha
2024 championship position2nd
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
12 6 9 3 1 215
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Herrera and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

María Herrera Muñoz (born 26 August 1996)[1] is a Spanish motorcycle racer.

Career

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Early career

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Born in Oropesa, Toledo, Herrera was the first female competitor to win a race in the FIM CEV Repsol series, winning the Moto3 race at Motorland Aragón for the Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 squad in 2013.[2] She added a second victory later in the season at Circuito de Navarra, and led the championship into the final round at Jerez. Ultimately, Herrera retired from the final race, and finished fourth in the championship, thirteen points behind champion Fabio Quartararo. Herrera was joined by Quartararo at the Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 squad for the 2014 season. Despite recording a victory in the opening round at Jerez, she only finished on the podium twice, and finished eighth in the championship.

Moto3 World Championship

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While competing in the Spanish championship, Herrera made four guest appearances in the Moto3 World Championship as a wildcard at the Spanish rounds with the Junior Estrella Galicia 0,0 team. In 2015 she embarked on a full season Grand Prix campaign, riding alongside compatriot Isaac Viñales in the Husqvarna Factory Laglisse team.[3] Herrera's best result was 11th-place at Phillip Island.

She was included in the provisional entry list for the 2016 Moto3 season, partnering Lorenzo Dalla Porta at Team Laglisse on KTM bikes. However, the team initially withdrew from the championship due to financial issues. However, on 1 March, Herrera announced her intention to compete in 2016, with Herrera riding a sole KTM entry; which includes her taking over operations of Team Laglisse and becoming an owner-rider for 2016.[4]

Maria Herrera was the only female rider in the MotoGP paddock for 2017 with Team AGR, who was running a single bike in both Moto3 and Moto2 series. She took part in the Moto3 category in 2017. She raced in the same Moto3 class the previous year as Owner-Rider on a KTM with team MH6 and in 2015 with Husqvarna Factory Laglisse.[5]

Supersport 300 World Championship

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In 2018 Maria Herrera was riding for BCD Yamaha MS Racing on a Yamaha YZF-R3 in the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship.[6] She finished 13th in the 2018 World Supersport 300 standings with 45 points[7] taking one fastest lap along the way and several top ten finishes to her name.

MotoE

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Herrera returned to the Grand Prix paddock in 2019, with the Ángel Nieto Team have announcing her as their second rider for the inaugural FIM Enel 2019 MotoE World Cup. The Spanish rider lined up alongside 2011 125cc World Champion and former World SBK and World SSP rider Nico Terol for the Ángel Nieto Team in the first global racing series MotoE World Cup for electric motorcycles.[8] Herrera continued with the Ángel Nieto Team in MotoE until 2024 when she switched to the Klint Forward Factory Team.[9]

WorldWCR

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Maria Herrera, World WCR, Donington 2024

In 2024 Herrera participated in the inaugural FIM Women's Circuit Racing World Championship (WorldWCR) with the Klint Forward Factory Team,[10] finishing second overall in the championship.[11]

Career statistics

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Herrera practicing at the 2014 Spanish Grand Prix

FIM CEV Moto3 Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pos Pts
2012 Honda JER
23 		NAV
WD 		ARA
Ret 		CAT
29 		ALB1
19 		ALB2
15 		VAL
16 		30th 1
2013 KTM CAT1
11 		CAT2
13 		ARA
1 		ALB1
6 		ALB2
13 		NAV
1 		VAL1
5 		VAL1
2 		JER
Ret 		4th 102

FIM CEV Moto3 International Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts
2014 Honda JER1
2 		JER2
1 		LMS
Ret 		ARA
6 		CAT1
Ret 		CAT2
8 		ALB
9 		NAV
7 		ALG
Ret 		VAL1
5 		VAL2
Ret 		8th 90

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

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By season

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Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2013 Moto3 KTM Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2014 Moto3 Honda Junior Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2015 Moto3 Husqvarna Husqvarna Factory Laglisse 18 0 0 0 0 9 29th
2016 Moto3 KTM MH6 Laglisse
MH6 Team 		16 0 0 0 0 7 31st
2017 Moto3 KTM AGR Team 15 0 0 0 0 1 35th
Mahindra Aspar Mahindra Moto3
KTM MH6 Team
2019 MotoE Energica Openbank Ángel Nieto Team 6 0 0 0 0 27 14th
2020 MotoE Energica Openbank Aspar Team 7 0 0 0 0 33 17th
2021 MotoE Energica OpenBank Aspar Team 7 0 0 0 0 27 15th
2022 MotoE Energica OpenBank Aspar Team 12 0 0 0 0 21 17th
Moto3 KTM Angeluss MTA Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 43rd
2023 MotoE Ducati V21L Openbank Aspar Team 16 0 0 0 0 17 18th
2024 MotoE Ducati V21L Klint Forward Factory Team 16 0 0 0 0 43 16th
Total 118 0 0 0 0 185

By class

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Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
Moto3 2013–2017, 2022 2013 Aragon 54 0 0 0 0 17 0
MotoE 2019–present 2019 Germany 64 0 0 0 0 168 0
Total 2013–2017, 2019–present 118 0 0 0 0 185 0

Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts
2013 Moto3 KTM QAT AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA
29 		MAL AUS JPN VAL NC 0
2014 Moto3 Honda QAT AME ARG SPA
17 		FRA ITA CAT
Ret 		NED GER INP CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
27 		NC 0
2015 Moto3 Husqvarna QAT
22 		AME
17 		ARG
Ret 		SPA
Ret 		FRA
19 		ITA
21 		CAT
15 		NED
Ret 		GER
Ret 		INP
24 		CZE
23 		GBR
Ret 		RSM
24 		ARA
13 		JPN
26 		AUS
11 		MAL
18 		VAL
21 		29th 9
2016 Moto3 KTM QAT
16 		ARG
14 		AME
23 		SPA
19 		FRA
21 		ITA
21 		CAT
Ret 		NED
14 		GER
DNS 		AUT
14 		CZE
19 		GBR
26 		RSM
Ret 		ARA
28 		JPN
23 		AUS
15 		MAL
NC 		VAL 31st 7
2017 Moto3 KTM QAT
21 		ARG
15 		AME
22 		SPA
24 		FRA
20 		ITA
26 		CAT
26 		NED
20 		GER
26 		CZE
Ret 		AUT
22 		GBR
26 		RSM
DNS 		ARA
DNS 		JPN VAL
26 		35th 1
Mahindra AUS
19 		MAL
24
2019 MotoE Energica GER
16 		AUT
16 		RSM1
6 		RSM2
5 		VAL1
14 		VAL2
12 		14th 27
2020 MotoE Energica SPA
15 		ANC
11 		RSM
15 		EMI1
11 		EMI2
11 		FRA1
7 		FRA2
9 		17th 33
2021 MotoE Energica SPA
9 		FRA
10 		CAT
11 		NED
15 		AUT
17 		RSM1
13 		RSM2
11 		15th 27
2022 MotoE Energica SPA1
15 		SPA2
14 		FRA1
14 		FRA2
15 		ITA1
16 		ITA2
15 		NED1
15 		NED2
8‡ 		AUT1
11 		AUT2
14 		RSM1
14 		RSM2
Ret 		17th 21
Moto3 KTM QAT
 INA
 ARG
 AME
 POR
 SPA
 FRA
 ITA
 CAT
 GER
 NED
 GBR
 AUT
 RSM
 ARA
27 		JPN
 THA
 AUS
 MAL
 VAL
 43rd 0
2023 MotoE Ducati FRA1
12 		FRA2
15 		ITA1
17 		ITA2
14 		GER1
15 		GER2
18 		NED1
18 		NED2
15 		GBR1
15 		GBR2
13 		AUT1
15 		AUT2
18 		CAT1
16 		CAT2
16 		RSM1
13 		RSM2
16 		18th 17
2024 MotoE Ducati POR1
11 		POR2
17 		FRA1
14 		FRA2
14 		CAT1
13 		CAT2
13 		ITA1
15 		ITA2
17 		NED1
11 		NED2
13 		GER1
12 		GER2
17 		AUT1
10 		AUT2
12 		RSM1
14 		RSM2
13 		16th 43

‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.

Supersport 300 World Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos Pts Ref
2018 Yamaha SPA
17 		NED
10 		ITA
7 		GBR
18 		CZE
9 		ITA
6 		POR
Ret 		FRA
4 		13th 45 [12]

Supersport World Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pos Pts
2019 Yamaha AUS
16 		THA
15 		SPA
15 		NED
19 		ITA
15 		SPA
14 		ITA
DSQ 		GBR POR
Ret 		FRA ARG QAT 29th 5
2020 Honda AUS SPA SPA POR
19 		POR
18 		27th 2
Yamaha SPA
14 		SPA
20 		SPA
17 		SPA
17 		SPA SPA FRA FRA POR POR
2021 Yamaha SPA
12 		SPA
13 		POR
19 		POR
20 		ITA
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		NED
Ret 		NED
20 		CZE CZE SPA
19 		SPA
22 		FRA
21 		FRA
19 		SPA SPA SPA
C 		SPA
18 		POR
18 		POR
23 		ARG ARG INA INA 34th 7

Women's Motorcycling World Championship

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Races by year

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts
2024 Yamaha YZF-R7 MIS1
1 		MIS2
1 		DON1
4 		DON2
1 		ARG1
1 		ARG2
3 		CRE1
1 		CRE2
Ret 		EST1
2 		EST2
3 		JER1
1 		JER2
Ret 		2nd 215

References

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  1. ^ "MARIA HERRERA MUNOZ". www.worldsbk.com. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Historic victory by Maria Herrera in Moto3; Ramos and Raffin dominate in Moto2; Morales wins in Stock Extreme". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Maria Herrera secures two-year contract with Team Calvo". Vroom Magazine. Vroom Media. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. ^ Lewis, Lisa (1 March 2016). "Herrera, Laglisse stage late return". Crash.net. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ^ Raj, Rahul (13 February 2017). "The only female rider in the MotoGP paddock for 2017: Maria Herrera". essentiallysports.com.
  6. ^ "Herrera switches to World Supersport 300 for 2018".
  7. ^ "ACERBIS French Round, 28 - 30 September 2018 World Supersport 300 - Rider's Performance" (PDF). worldsbk.com. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Maria Herrera to race in inaugural MotoE™ World Cup". www.worldsbk.com.
  9. ^ "Maria Herrera". MotoGP. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Herrera readies for inaugural WorldWCR campaign: "We'll make history together!"". www.worldsbk.com. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Final Corner Decider: Carrasco crowned Champion as Herrera crashes out at final corner, Sanchez wins". www.worldsbk.com. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  12. ^ "ACERBIS French Round, 28 - 30 September 2018, World Supersport 300 – Championship Standings" (PDF). Dorna WSBK. 30 September 2018. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
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